Brush fire burning in Banning 100% contained

Update – 10:45 p.m.

The fire burned 54 acres and is 100% contained.

Update – 4:45 p.m.

Forward progress has been stopped

Update – 4:25 p.m.

The fire grew to 50 acres, however, forward progress has been slowed, officials said.


Original Report – 3:50 p.m.

Riverside County Fire Department crews are working to contain a brush fire that’s burned 25 acres in a field adjacent to Sunset Avenue, just south of Interstate 10, in Banning.

CAL FIRE said the fire is burning at a slow to moderate rate of spread.

No homes or other structures are immediately threatened.

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